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It has large thorns and leaves mostly just at the top of the plant, and large, fragrant flowers. The species has become one of the best known pachypodiums in cultivation, being relatively easy to propagate and grow. In cultivation it is often marketed as the Madagascar palm, [2] despite its not being a palm at all. A variety called "Ramosum ...
Washingtonia robusta, known by common name as the Mexican fan palm, Mexican washingtonia, or skyduster is a palm tree native to the Baja California peninsula and a small part of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. Despite its limited native distribution, W. robusta one of the most widely cultivated subtropical palms in the world. [3]
The Arecaceae (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ k eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms.
California washingtonia, northern washingtonia, California fan palm, or desert fan palm Washingtonia filifera (Lindl. ex André) H.Wendl. Tree to 23 m tall; leaves large, with petiole up to 2 m long, and leaflets up to 2 m long.
The large-fruited ivory palm (P. macrocarpa) is the ivory palm native to Brazil, and most internationally traded palm ivory is derived from this species. The Colombian ivory palm (P. schottii) and P. tenuicaulis, both formerly included in P. macrocarpa, are the usual source of the product in Colombia.
African palmyra palm, Rônier (and other names) Borassus aethiopum: tropical Africa and Madagascar Ake Assi's palmyra palm, Rônier (and other names) Borassus akeassii: West and Central Africa Asian palmyra palm/lontar palm/doub palm: Borassus flabellifer: southern Asia from India to Indonesia: Papua New Guinea palmyra palm: Borassus heineanus ...
Chamaerops humilis is a shrub-like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. It has an underground rhizome which produces shoots with palmate, sclerophyllous leaves. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2–5 m (10–20 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of 20–25 cm (8–10 in).
Dypsis: dypsis palm trees; Dypsis decaryi: triangle palm Arecaceae (palm family) Dypsis lutescens: cane palm; yellow palm Arecaceae (palm family) Howea: howea palm trees; Howea forsteriana: kentia palm Arecaceae (palm family) Hyophorbe: hyophorbe palm trees; Hyophorbe verschaffeltii: spindle palm Arecaceae (palm family) Jubaea: jubaea palm ...